Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Double Maternal Effect: Duplicated Nucleoplasmin 2 Genes, npm2a And npm2b, Are Shared By Fish And Tetrapods, And Have Distinct And Essential Roles In Early Embryogenesis
C. T. Cheung, J. Pasquier, A. Bouleau…·J. Bobe
This paper identifies two duplicated npm2 genes, npm2a and npm2b, in vertebrates, showing their evolutionary origins and distinct essential roles in early embryogenesis.
DOI 10.1186/s12862-018-1281-3